U.S. Display Consortium Appoints Industry Veterans To Its Board Of Directors

A. Michael Andrews and John Batey Join Board to Provide Expertise in Public and Private Sectors

September 11, 2007

The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC), a public/private partnership chartered with developing the flat panel display (FPD) and flexible electronics industry infrastructure, announced two new strategic appointments to its board of directors. Augmenting the board are A. Michael Andrews, chief technology officer and vice president of research and engineering of L-3 Communications, and John Batey, vice president and general manager of Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc.(QMT) -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm. "We're excited to have Mike and John join the USDC Governing Board. Both members bring extensive expertise from the private and federal sectors, truly complementing and solidifying our governance and strategic planning capability," remarked USDC President Michael Ciesinski. "More importantly, their competence and guidance will further the development of our recent initiative -- the flexible, printed and organic electronics market -- as well as our overall FPD efforts, which are continuing to provide significant value." Andrews' more than 30 years of technology research in the public and private domains lends a broad yet complementary set of expertise to USDC's board. As CTO of L-3 Communications, Andrews is charged with reviewing, analyzing and strategically directing the company's technology R&D efforts to deliver new solutions that meet the ever-changing requirements of the U.S. military. Prior to returning to the private sector, Andrews most recently served as the U.S. Army's chief scientist and deputy assistant secretary for research and technology. He began his public service career a decade ago when he joined the Pentagon as director for technology in the office of the U.S. Army's assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition. Prior to that, he started his career with Rockwell International's corporate science center to help develop an infrared imaging technique based on focal planes. During his tenure, he also led the development of Rockwell's Electro-Optical Center with the charge to incorporate focal plane electronics into "smart" front ends of guided missiles, early-warning satellites and the Hubble Space telescope's near-infrared camera. Andrews is an IEEE Fellow -- an honor earned for his technical leadership in government research and development programs -- and a recipient of numerous awards, including the Presidential Rank Award, the SPIE's, International Society for Optical Engineering, Outstanding Achievement Award and Rockwell's Engineer of the Year Award. An author of more than 50 technical articles, Andrews holds several patents. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Oklahoma, (Norman, Okla.), and earned a doctorate from the University of Illinois, (Champaign, Ill.). Batey brings more than two decades of electronics and displays technology expertise to the board. As vice president and general manager of Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., Batey is overseeing the commercialization of interferometric modulator (IMOD) display technology. IMOD displays work by reflecting light so that specific wavelengths interfere with each other to create color. This new technology combines thin film optics with MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) resulting in a reflective display that's viewable in virtually any environment. Batey joined Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. in 2004 with the acquisition of Iridigm Display Corporation, where he was the chief operating officer. Before that, Batey was with Xerox Corporation and worked with the management team in the Electronics and Imaging Laboratory to spin-out an independent company, dpiX Incorporated, and led the commercialization of large-area, solid-state X-ray imaging devices. Batey began his career in research on insulating films at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center working on the physics of insulating films. During more than 10 years with the company, he held various leadership roles, including the management of IBM's newly formed flat-panel display development group and the thin-film transistor process team. Most notably, he transferred technology from R&D to high-volume production at DTI -- a joint venture with Toshiba in Japan. Batey is a recipient of several awards, including IBM's Outstanding Innovation Award and Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. He is also a published author and holds many patents. Batey received his doctorate in applied physics from the University of Durham, United Kingdom. These appointments follow on the recent election of Michael McCreary, Ph.D., as chairman of the board, along with industry experts James R. Buntaine, Ph.D. (Eastman Kodak Company), Steven Freilich, Ph.D., (DuPont) and Daniel Gamota, Ph.D. (Motorola) this past March.

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